title: A statewide partnership for reducing readmissions.
abstract: Three core programs have heped reduce reedrmissions in Illinois hospitals: Projct BOOST (better Outcomem by Optimizing Safe Transitions), whih focuses on redesigning hospital discharge processes and improving transitions of care. HP3: Hospitalist Program Peak Performance which provides ducational resources, motivation, and a process improvement structure for hospitalist programs. Communications and Palliative Care, which teaches physicians and dclinicians how to work with paients to define their goal of care and identify options to improve their quality of life.
authors.affiliation: HFMA, Westchester, Ill., USA. jlandman@hfma.org
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Landman
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D007087:Illinois; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*